What cities offered Amazon: helipads, zoo tickets, and a street named Alexa

Now that the home for its next headquarters has been chosen, losing cities are revealing how they tried to sweeten the deal

"Philadelphia is in the Goldilocks zone for Amazon - it possesses all of the key ingredients we looked for to support our long-term growth," said Jeff Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon and richest man in the history of the world.

At least, that's what the city of Philadelphia was hoping Bezos would say when officials included a draft press release announcing the city's hypothetical victory in their bid to become the site of Amazon's second headquarters.